Can my iPhone print to printers connected via Airport Extreme?

Hey forum,
So I know this thread has been brought up more than a few times, but I feel like either new information could have been found or Apple has initatied some sort of change to allow it. The basic scenario is that in two households (one my own, the other a relative) housing a Time Capsule and Airport Extreme Base Station, each with a printer connected via USB. Things work perfectly on my iMac, MBP, and Windows machines but my iPhone won't print because of the Airprint shenanigans that I don't understand. Essentially, can I print from my iPhone now without any hacks or third party apps?
Thanks!
Ethan
Used products include: iPhone 3Gs (iOS 5.0.1), iPhone 4 (iOS 5.0.1), MacBook Pro 2.16 Core 2 (Mac OS X 10.7.2), iMac (Mac OS X 10.7.2)

Air print is for Air print enabled printers only.
There are some wifi printers that have there own app that allow you to print to them, but onlt limited apps will be supported by this.

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